... STRIHZ OF BRICxItZuS IN SITTINGBOUENE -On Monday morning about a hundred briehmakers at Sitting- bourne struck work. They were engaged at three and. aixpence per thousand, and a fortnight ago the masters gave an advance of a penny. Oa Tuesday morning the gange demanded twopence more, which the masters conceded conditiora ly on the market remaining at its prenent height, and the men leaving ...

... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 P-m FRANCE. VERSAILLEs, April ?? last meeting of the Permanent Committee was held under the presidency of M. Grdvy. The Minister of the Interior was present, and in reply to M. de Mornay, expressed regret that the German Government should have expelled natives of Alsace choosing French nationality, but he hoped that the diplomatic negotiations which were going on would ...

... IMPERIAL PABRLIAMST. T tr In movlg the econd readig of his measure for tl regulating the sale of liquors by retail,' -i the w 1ousv of Commons, yesterday afternoon, Sir H. vi ?? quoted the evidence of magis- tE trateW and judges as to the connection between SC drunkenness and crime, and critioised the Permis- dive fill and the measure introduced by Sir B. Si .Anstr ther. H1e did not explain ...

... PARIS, Wednesday. ACCORDING to the Bien Public, the Government has received most satis. factory reports from the departments with regard to the state of public opinion, and even the Prefect of St. Etienne, a town which in point of turbulence ranks perhaps next to Lyons, has been able to reassure the President of the Republic respecting the prosperity and tranquillity of that important place. ...

... MR. EDWIN JAMES ON ALMEBRIA The announcement that Me. Edwin James, formerly ~.C, ad M . fr Mrylbon, wo ?? England eleven 7earc ego und,'r a cloud, ould deliver a lecture on epp~arently, to hear what thin onoe prominent member3o he ar oul hve o ny f te lndin which he baa undoe bis home. Nr. EDWIN JAMESa, in his epening remarlee, referred gratefully to the kindness and hospitaliry he had ...

... THE ORANGEMEN, THE CHURCH MINISTERS, AND ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS. Sir,-Thanks for your exposure of the abominable and superstitious book called ' The Sight of Hell.' The article ought to be printed upon a separate sheet and sent broadcast through the country. I say this because many country news- papers are afraid to attack the Roman Catholic portion of the community on the question- of ...

... I THE ALABAMA ARBIRATION. (Btt A5'UTO Cab) (eWX 0UR 0WN ODfR3ONDFA.) NEW YORK, TaMAY. professor Woolsey, the ?? of Yale &ellege, one of the highest authorities on Interna- tional Law which America possesses, has written an article in the Indepena'knt, recommending that the claims for indirect damages should be with- dmrwn, on the ground that they are not justified by the terms of the ...

... gri IONDO SCHOOL EOARD. TThe -usual weekl meeti of the Board Was held yesterdayat Guildlail; Mr. O e 13mm, M.P., the Viod-Chalrman, presiding. t th Fin Mr, FREMcMr brought u the report o e sne Committee, recommending t at the resolutionof the 7th of February as to the appoirntmont of Treasurers of Divisional Committees be adhered to. This 'recommendation was adopted, aud, on the iotion of Mr. ...

... The answer of the President of the Board of Trade to Mr. Kiy ...

... SUMMARY OF THIS MORNING'S NEWS, It is announced from Spain to-day that only one band of insurgents is now at large in Catalonia, and that is regarded as of little importance. From Bayonne it is stated that munitions of war, intended for the Spanish con- spirators, have been seized at the frontier of the Lower Pyrenees. Detachments of French troops, it is added, are sharply watching the ...

... [Thjslowiing appeared on aorr Editio of lot dep.] HOUSM 02 OR DS-IU SA JUSTIOE3 OF TaE PE1E -Lord ALBEMARLE, in moving the second reading of rha Justices of the Peste Qualification Bill, statetd that it proposed to remove the prosenut r striction under which no one could be mage7 a Instice of the poace unless he had an income of 1001. &.year from lond. Adverting to the difficulty often ex ...

... 'I : I ?? DVIBioa* THI BALLOT. BOMBE OF COMMONS.-TAunsoky, ApfR 1g, PArdLoantr-and Sixdpat Elcotionl BhiLUnd.el, Adarput, H A ?? tho word voted' in pago a, B paper 'iiaa novoter shall, alterrcaarking his vote' aaWL t2 papcryd, ?? Oeh paper inah manner as to Ca it :any ?? thenamne ot tbes andidate ioror againc divided-Ayes, 246; 1loea, 274. hasaairkehi D vote']> betdeer AlIen, W Gladftonei WE B ...